1. SCHOOL OF AGRICULTURE OF NORTHEASTERN
ENGLISH
TEACHER OSCAR GARCIA
HOW TO USE THE TOPICS DICE PRACTICE NUMBE
KEVIN JOSUE SAGASTUME SAGASTUME
5TO P.A
B
GROUP 4
PLAINS FORGE, ZACAPA 10 THE MARCH 2015
2. QUANTIFIERS O SOME/ANY
IN ENGLISH GRAMMAR, A QUANTIFIER IS A WORD (OR PHRASE) WHICH
INDICATES THE NUMBER OR AMOUNT BEING REFERRED TO. IT GENERALLY
COMES BEFORE THE NOUN (OR NOUN PHRASE). THE CHART BELOW SHOWS
WHICH TYPE OF NOUN GOES WITH WHICH QUANTIFIER.
ARE YOU BRINGING ANY FRIENDS WITH YOU?
DO YOU HAVE ANY COFFEE?
I CAN'T REMEMBER ANY SONGS.
HE ISN'T TAKING ANY CHANCES
3. PREPOSITION PLACE
THESE PREPOSITIONS WILL HELP YOU SPEAK ABOUT WHERE THINGS ARE:
NOTE THAT WE USE THE VER "ESTAR" (NOT "SER") WHEN. TALKING ABOUT
POSITION.
NOTE: WHEN WE USE A QUESTION WORD, EG "DONDE" (WHERE) WE USE AN
ACCENT
SOMEONE IS AT THE DOOR.
THE SATELLITE DISH IS ON THE ROOF.
THE DOG IS IN THE GARDEN.
4. TIME PREPOSITION
activities for teaching Prepositions of time to English language
learners (kids, teenagers or adults). Here you can find printable
worksheets for many levels: beginners, elementary, intermediate
or advanced.
All these worksheets and activities for teaching Prepositions of
time have been designed by English language teachers.
5. PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE
• We use the Present Perfect to say that an action happened at an
unspecified time before now. The exact time is not important. You
CANNOT use the Present Perfect with specific time expressions such
as: yesterday, one year ago, last week, when I was a child, when I
lived in Japan, at that moment, that day, one day, etc. We CAN use
the Present Perfect with unspecific expressions such as: ever, never,
once, many times, several times, before, so far, already, yet, etc.
• I have seen that movie twenty times.
• I think I have met him once before.
• There have been many earthquakes in California.
• People have traveled to the Moon.
• People have not traveled to Mars.
• Have you read the book yet?
6. REPORTED SPEECH
• When do we use reported speech? Sometimes someone says a
sentence, for example "I'm going to the cinema tonight". Later,
maybe we want to tell someone else what the first person said.
Type Example
direct speech “I speak English.”
reported speech
(no backshift)
He says that he speaks English.
reported speech
(backshift)
He said that he spoke English
7. PAST TENSE OF ‘THERE IS/THERE ARE’
• some languages, the grammatical expression of past tense is combined with the
expression of other categories such as mood and aspect (see tense–aspect–mood).
Thus a language may have several types of past tense form, their use depending on
what aspectual or other additional information is to be encoded. French, for
example, has a compound past (passé composé) for expressing completed events,
an imperfect for expressing events which were ongoing or repeated in the past, as
well as several other past forms.
There is
• Use "there is" (there's) for a noun -
•
• There are
• Use "there are" for a noun -
8. INTRODUCTION TO THE PASSIVE VOICE
Passive voice is used when the focus is on the action. It is not important or not known,
however, who or what is perf orming the action.
• Example: My bike was stolen.
• In the example above, the focus is on the fact that my bike was stolen. I do not
know, however, who did it.
• Sometimes a statement in passive is more polite than active voice, as the following
example shows:
• Example: A mistake was made.
• In this case, I focus on the fact that a mistake was made, but I do not blame anyone
(e.g. You have made a mistake
9. ABVERDS OF FREQUENCY
• Adverbs of Frequency are Adverbs of Time that answer
the question "How frequently?" or "How often?". They
tell us how often something happens. Here are some
examples:
• daily, weekly, yearly
• often, sometimes, rarely
• You probably see a difference between a) and b)
above. With words like daily we know exactly how
often. The words in a) describe definite frequency. On
the other hand, words like often give us an idea about
frequency but they don't tell us exactly. The words in
10. PREPOSITIONS: ‘FOR/SINCE’
For is used before an exact or inexact quantity of time, and it is
commonly used with the present perfect and past perfect
tenses. For (quantity of time) is similiar to in (a period of time);
however for can be followed by a more precise time.
We have been coming to this beach for five years.
We have been enjoying this paradise for a week.
Since is used before a specific time or date, and it is commonly
used with the present perfect and past perfect tenses. Since may
be followed by a noun phrase or a clause specifying a precise
time.
We have been coming to this beach since July, 2012. (noun
phrase)
We have been enjoying this paradise since last Saturday.
11. PAST SIMPLE OF ‘CAN’
• worksheet to practice present & past simple of the verbs to BE, CAN
and HAVE. I gave it as a test but it could be used a worksheet or
homework assignment. It's fully editable so feel free to change what
you don't need or don't like. In the first ex. students have to give the
correct past simple forms of the verbs (to be/ can/ have) , in ex.2.
they have to put in the correct forms of these verbs in present or past
simple, in ex. 3. students have to correct the sentences, and the last
exercise is a writing task. Students are asked to compare life in
London hundred years ago. They should use the given notes and
write a short text. Hope you find it useful. Have a nice morning/ day/
evening!
